Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1935, Page 30

B—12 w OMEN’'S FEATURES., THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1935. WOMEN’S FEATURES. Manifold Interests Enliven and Vary the Modern Woman’s Existence Planning May Evolve Supper for Children From Regular Dinner Saving of Time and Energy Made Possible by Proper Selection and Simple Additions to Available Menu. BY BETSY CASWELL. GREAT saving of time and energy for the woman who does her own housework, and also for the one who tries to run a large and demanding family with just one general maid, is the planning of the evening meal so that the children's supper may be derived therefrom. If you have children whose ages are widely varied, it is real- ly impossible to prepare for them meals to suit their individual requirements, and so a happy medium must be reached. Of course, food which is suitable Betsy Caswell, for the average child is the healthiest and best food for the adults, too, but, unfortunately, that is often too expensive to be used so generally. The child, in turn, can- not eat pies and heavy types of meat just before going to bed, but he can eat the fruit with which often the pies are filled, and he does not need meat at night if he has had it for the noon meal, as he should. A good soup, a green vegetable, plenty of bread and butter, stewed fruit, cookies and a glass of milk pro- vides an ideal supper for a child up to 12 or 13. The assumption is that he has had his big midday meal and therefore doesn't need to “stoke-up” s0 heavily in the evening. I know that my own children, one of whom is 13 and the other 8, sleep far better and keep in perfect condition under the light supper regime. ‘Therefore, to get back to the orig- inal idea, such a supper could be easily evolved from the main dinner. Starting with a good, nourishing soup, either a cream or stock type, would stimulate the digestion and create an appetite. Then, while the adults ate pork, with applesauce, sweet potatoes and creamed celery, perhaps, the children could eat the creamed celery, bread and butter sandwiches and milk. Then, if the family dessert was something too rich and fancy for the younger generation, they could have the applesause dressed up a bit by being beaten with the white of an egg, some cookies—and | that would be that! Thus, you see, nothing would have to be cooked or ordered in addition to the regular meal—except the little matter of the egg to be beaten up | in the applesauce! A little careful planning and fore- thought when arranging the daily menu in the morning will eliminate a great deal of extra effort on the part of the housewife later on in the y. Even if you prefer to give the very small children their supper an hour before the regular evening meal, much the same plan may be followed. For instance, if the family dinner is to include string beans, order enough beans for the children's sup- per, too, and prepare them all at the same time, placing a small amount in one saucepan to be cooked earlier than the larger quantity. In this way the more tedious part of the task of preparation may be got out | of the way all at once, so to speak. | The same procedure may be fol- | lowed in most cases—always bearing | in mind the fact that the dishes for the juvenile element should contain less spices and sauces than those to be consumed by the grown-ups. Another time-saver for the busy mother consists of a small table— perhaps & card table—set in one cor- ner of the dining room, where the littlest children may eat their early supper without disturbing the setting and balance of the large dining table. This can be most attractively ar- ranged and, in fact, the child feels much happier at his own small ban- quet board than he does sitting alone before & great expanse of polished MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Stewed Apricots. Dry Cereal With Cream. Shirred Eggs. Popovers. Coffee. LUNCHEON. ‘Tomato Soup. Lettuce and Peanut Butter Sandwiches. Apple Cobbler. DINNER. Noodle and Chicken Soup. Baked Pork Chops With Onions. Hash Browned Potatoes. Broccoli. Chive Sauce. Lettuce and Beet Salad. Mayonnaise Dressing. Lemon Meringue Pie. Coffee. POPOVERS. One beaten egg, one cup milk (sweet), ane cup bread flour, pinch salt and pinch soda, no shortening. Mix thoroughly and put in well-greased cup cake tins, muffin or gem pans. Bake in moderately hot oven about 15 minutes or test by wetting fingers and touching bottom of tin. If it sizzles, they are done. APPLE COBBLER. Pare and core three or four juicy apples, slice into a shallow baking dish. Sprinkle one-fourth cup sugar over and a little cinna- mon. Make a batter of one beaten egg, one-fourth cup sugar, one-half cup milk, one and one- fourth cups flour, sifted with one teaspoon baking powder, and a pinch of salt. Lastly, add two tablespoons melted butter, beat well and pour over the apples. Bake one-half hour in a moder- ate oven, Serve hot with your favorite sauce. BROCCOLI WITH CHIVE. One bunch broccoli boiled 20 minutes. Sauce—Two tablespoons but- ter, two tablespoons flour, one cup meat stock or water, one table- spoon lemon juice or vinegar, three tablespoons chopped chives, three-fourths teaspoon salt, one- eighth teaspoon pepper. Cook broccoli uncovered in boiling salt water. Melt butter, blend with flour, add liquid and seasonings. Cook until thickened. Drain broccoli and serve with the sauce. (Copyright, 1835.) “ Tea. wood and spotless linen. A gay checked or printed cloth, which will not show immediate spots with such appalling clarity is a considerate thought for the very young. Per- sonally, I do not like olicloth on a child’s table—it is a little bit too obvious that you expect him to spill his food. The other type of cloth gives him more ambition to be neat and to keep his table in proper con- dition. A low centerpiece of some sort— either a dwarf plant, or an amusing china animal or group, helps train his eye to a balanced table, as will also the careful placing of his own | baby-sized knife, fork and spoon, and | the neatly folded bib with its gay appliqued picture. A hot-water plate is a very helpful innovation for the slow eater, for then the mother does not have to stand by to force mouthful after mouthful for fear that the food will become cold and indigestible. She may attend to her other duties while Junior strug- gles with his mashed spinach—a pro- ceeding which, by the way, is far bet- ter left to its own natural course, as undue interest in making a child eat is sure to defeat its own end. The child makes a mimic warfare of the occasion and fights the battle over every ensuing meal, thoroughly en- joying his parent’s utter rout and dis- comfiture. The small, separate table also al- lows the child the pleasure of enter- | taining his friends in a more con- genial way. If he and his pal of the moment are at the large table with the family they are restrained from | | gossiping about all the important lit- | tle matters so dear to their hearts. Left to their own devices, with only remote control exercised by the parental eye, they will enjoy their supper to such an extent that the most disliked vegetable will slip down practically unnoticed. 1t you wish advice on your indi- vidual household problems, write Betsy Caswell, in care of The Star, inclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope for reply. Quilt Form Is Modern Pattern May Be Used || Particularly in Boys’ | Room. BY NANCY PAGE. “THE quilt pattern I have today is an old one and yet in feeling it is quite modern. There is a succes- sion of squares which are so placed that they make a pattern of lights and darks over the quilt top. “I am calling this pattern ‘Brock House,” althougn you might think I should name 1t ‘biock house’ because | of the angularity ot the blocks. “For the big, plain block, which is white in the picture, I would use| white, or, better still, a white with a | tiny all-over figure in black or in red. These modern copies of old-time prints lend an antique air to a quilt. More than that, they take off the glaring quality which comes when too large pieces of plain white are used. “Suppose we consider this quilt in gray, red and figured red and white. The large squares would be developed in the figured and in the gray ma- terials. “The smaller blocks that look black in the picture would be cut from red. It might be that you could find & figured print in which red predomi- nates for the black-looking blocks “The quilt might be made in brown, henna and & creamy tan. I would suggest light and dark blue, but it is difficult to find harmonious colors in blue if vou are using prints. In plain blues vou would not have so much trouole. I would use the fig- ured white and red, then, for the large background blocks, that ts, the ones which show white in the picture. The color of -he quilt will be warmer if this is done.” ‘The Nancy Page Quilt Club members studied the pattern. One member who had a dainty house done in pastel colors and with many curves said, “I can't use that pattern.” Nancy agreed with ner. But for the two members who had growing boys and who wanted quilts for their beds in the rooms which were strong in color and masculine in furniture she 1ecom- mended the design most highly. No seams have been allowed for in this pattern. Be sure to allow one- quarter inch on all sides when cutting the pieces from the goods.” Glazed Onions. For four servings of onions allow one tablespoonful of butter, three tablespoonfuls of sugar and one tea- spoonful of water. Heat the mixture in a frying pan over low heat, stirring until well blended. Reheat small white onions (which have been boiled until almost tender) in the mixture. Stir occasionally until the onions become slightly brown and glazed. Magézine Features The regular magazine features may be found on opposite page. in this issue of The Evening Star. The Younger Generation Enjoys a Supper for Two Conversation and 7aug}lter make the sufificr hour a ]'oyous occasion when the young host and }1;5 guest are }ll‘flrd." Child Must Get Change If Wakeful Cure to Start With General Survey of State of Nutrition. BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. LEEPLESSNESS is often an ac- | companiment of undernourish- ment. The fat, well-fed baby sleeps through the day with only infrequent awakenings for food and attention. It is the thin, wiry, jumpy baby who is so persistently wakeful. ‘The causes of the initial sleepless- ness can in most cases be laid to the very conscientious we defeat our own ] after lunch, or after he comes from | school, and 15 minutes’ rest period | ends. The child is getting no real rest during these hours when he is making s0 much effort to attract your atten- tion. Try an hour's nap or rest period | allowed to have their own small table in a corner. At the grown-ups’ table they would have to be “seen and not | | depended upon its being followed, be- —Star Staff Photo. before each meal. Then give him one- half hour of his father's undivided ‘ attention when he comes home, and he should be ready to go to bed peace- | fully. Dress for Graduation Slim Waists and Hiplines Essential for This Type. diet. But when the child has learned the habit of wakefulness, even though | the diet improves, the habit of sleep- | lessness may continue. The older | child is so enormously interested in all that is going on around him that his interest may keep him awake. 1 Just as with the small baby, though, | the attack upon sleeplessness should | start with a critical survey of the diet | and the general state of nuirition |and be followed by some change in the child’s routine. Mrs. S. L. writes: “My boy is 63 | years old and is a nervous, under- | weight child. The doctor has ordered | a special diet and lots of rest. Most of the food he doesn't like—but mainly | I need some advice about his sleeping. I put him to bed at 8 o'clock, when his daddy comes in from his work. We are in the next room, but he keeps talking and talking, and though we ignore him, it is 10:30 before he asleep. Scolding him doesn't help. ‘When the improved diet has had a chance to show its influence the child may tend to be sleepier. But it would seem that, since he does not see his father at all, if you allowed him to stay up one-half hour to talk to him he would then be contented to go to bed and sleep. As it is, he loses two and one-half hours’ sleep. Sometimes in our effort to be so School Job Made Easy By Courage Dm BOYS AND GIRLS: Along about this part of the school term you begin to slow down. Your lessons seem tedious and dull and the teacher seems bent on making them as long and as hard as possible. There’s too much home work and too little fun. You wish school would close, or that your mother would surprise you with a vacation trip. Anything to get rid of the daily grind of 9 o'clock, 12 o'clock, 1 o'clock and 3 o'clock and over again next day. This weary feeling is nothing un- usual. Everybody has it. Your mother is just as tired of rising to get you off to school, feeding the baby and the dog, doing the marketing, getting the meals, prodding you along so that you will get something done each day. But she does not stop work on that ac- count. She knows that by keeping steadily on the feeling will pass and she will feel more like work, say next ‘week. We all have this spell of wishing we could lie down and sleep in the sun forever and ever. Real people shake it off and go on, but the feeble folk step aside and rest by the way- side and are left there indefinitely in the mud. Did you ever run a race? Or play & game against strong opposition? Ever enter a tournament? Remember how one time you felt that you were going to die right then and there? You couldn’t draw another breath, strike another ball, move another muscle? And did you hold on any- way and discover to your great joy that you were breathing easily again and that the awful feeling had ? If ever you have gone through this experience and dis- covered your second wind you will understand what I mean when I tell you that if you manage to hold out against that all-in feeling for one ‘more mndmvu‘llnndydnmu‘o- ing along easily under new power. ANGELO PATEL BY BARBARA BELL. T IS safe to say that the best de- signers believe that slim waists and hiplines are essential to the feminine mode, for we find the smartest graduation and party frocks enhancing their slenderness of silhouette by giving importance to dropped shoulders, with attached ruffies frou-frouing over the arms. A picturesque example is seen in the model illustrated. This beauti- fully simple gown expresses the fem- inine theme perfectly. The lines fol- low the figure to just above the knees, where the spreading flounce is at- tached in shaped outline, giving the hemline the new wide-at-the-bottom silhouette. Grosgrain ribbon is revived for belt and bow ornamentation on fine nov- elty cottons. It shares its popularity equally with velvet, another Victorian favorite, with en affinity for stiffened nets, crisp embroideries, all-over lace, organdies and taffetas. High necklines are important. This one is cut slightly below the normal line, and has a broad bow across the front, and a buttoned siash at the back. The yoke dips prettily from every angle, and over the arms has bouffant rufies instead of aleoves. 4 [ ‘The skirt flounce follows similar lines, and may be shortened to a street length for Midsummer wash dresses. Many different materials may be chosen for this dress—depending upon its ultimate use. Figured taffeta is a material greatly liked for party | wear. For graduation the inclination ! is toward the sheer, elaborate cottons and all-overs. Summer frocks for semi-dress may be developed in gay voiles, glazed cottons, crisp organdies, or demure dimity. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1621-B is designed in sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 40. Corresponding bust measure- ments, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40. Size 16 (34) requires four yards of 39- inch material. BARBARA BELL, ‘Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins’ for Pattern No. 1621-B. Size.. Name Address (Wrap coins securely in paper.) Key in Fight On Weight fed Has Chance to Improve. BY JAMES W. BARTON, M. D. NSURANCE examiners tell us that about 20 per cent of the popiw.a- tion is overweight, and overweight, | especially after middle age, is a de- cided liability. Dr. L. H. Newburgh, Ann Arbor, Mich., has been dividuals when they are at rest. He was able to measure the amount of of sweat that roll off the skin, but the moisture that is on the skin but not seen. This, as you know, is the } way the body gets rid of its heat. He is convinced that all overweight persons will lose weight when they are | underfed, and, what is more impor- tant, that these persons have all be- come fat simply and solely because | they have eaten too much. | He tells of a fat man. who had | enormous masses of fat in various parts of the body and whose weight was 560 pounds. For a year he was fed only 300 food calories a day in- stead of 3,000 or more calories pre- viously eaten. pounds. During the second year he was given 600 calories, and lost 93 | pounds more. He now weighed 194 pounds, & weight that was considered satisfactory for his height, and he was told to keep his weight at 194 pounds by careful selection of his food. Nine months later, as he still weighed 194 pounds, he was told that he had lost a sufficient amount of weight for his build and height. This case teaches that practically all cases of overweight, no matter what has caused the overweight, can be reduced by cutting down on the amount of food eaten. However, this was an exceptional case, and the average overweight, even if 100 pounds overweight, should in the food intake. A simple yet safe method of re- eggs, or fish once or twice a day, and cut down on fat foods—butter, cream, fat meat—by one-quarter or 25 per cent, and also cut down on starch foods—potatoes, sugar, bread, pastry— by 25 per cent. All liquids should be cut down by one-half, as liquids form a great part of the excess weight of the body. Fruits and leafy vegetables should be eaten in the usual amounts, as they satisfy the appetite and prevent acido- sis, which is liable to occur during weight reduction. (Copyright. 1935.) Cotton to Be Planted. Cotton will be planted along the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers in Turkey. My Neighbor Says: Very fine seeds do not need to be covered with soil. When sow- ing, place in a flat of Jight soil, put muslin over flat and cover muslin_ with 1 inch of sand. Soak thoroughly with water and keep sand moist until seeds germi- nate. Eggs of the tent caterpillar can be hunted and destroyed while the trees are bare. The eggs of the tent caterpillar are placed in a patch around the tree like a wad of gum. A sharp knife will quickly remove them. They must be burned or destroyed in some other way. Put out your bird houses now. Be sure to clean out the houses that were put up last year. Birds are now coming north. (Copyright, 1935.) Children's Colds Yield quicker to double action of b:? VICKS COETRIRD Food Gives, {Person Who Is Under-| investigating the | amount of heat lost by overweight in- | | insensible perspiration—not the drops | ‘This took off 287 | | ot be able to develop just certain not attempt such a severe reduction | ducing is to continue to eat meat, | Dorothy Dix Says Grandmas Can Be Kept From Spoiling Children, Asserts Reader. | EAR MISS DIX—A woman | wrote you recently that her | mother was ruining her little | son, that the grandmother | spoiled the child and ne- | gated all of the mother's effortr to control him. The woman said she had tried to reason with her mother about it without avail, and as the mother had no other place to live she | did not know what to do about 11,1 You also seemed to think the case hopeless, but if I knew that woman I would suggest a remedy that would work. T would tell her to go to heri mother and say: “Mother, you know how I love you and how glad I am to have you with us, but we must have an understand- ing. I will have no interference in training this boy. It is my business and I shall do it in my own way. There can be only one head in any house and in this house I am it.” Harsh words, perhaps, but it would | work. H W. E | ANSWER' Probably the woman has | said this in effect to her mother a | hundred times, and it hesn'c worked | for the simple reason that there are | no persons in the world so determined to do exactly as they please and so stubbornly set in their ways as old | people. Once they make up their | minds to do a thing nothing can | change them Arguments, reasons, ’even tears and prayers make no more | impression upon them than a gentle | rain does on granite. Especially is this true when it | comes to dealing with their own children, because no matter how old their sons and daughters are, they still feel that they have authority over them; they still feel that they | know best about everything, and they | sweep aside their children’s opinions and theories as the irresponsible va- porings of infancy. HAVE known a grandmother sur- reptitiously to give forbidden food to a sick child who had been put upon a strict diet and whose very life cause she didn't believe in all these new-fangled notions about not letting children have what they wanted to eat. Hadn't she raised seven strong stalwart sons and daughters, and hadn't she always given them ham and pie for supper? And was she going to listen to & daughter who was raising & child out of a book? Not much. And I have seen doting grand- mothers spofl a child, encourage it in selfishness and impudence, even ! let it strike them, and when the mother and father tried to discipline it and punish it, grandma would snatch the little demon to her breast and defy the father and mother to give it the spanking it deserved, be- cause grandma stuck to the cheerful theory that it would outgrow its bad- ness after a while. No, grandmothers can’t change the theories they have held for 40 or 50 years about child-rearing. If they rocked their babies to sleep, they are going to rock their grandchildren in spite of all their daughters say about putting a baby to sleep by itself in & dark room. ND if daughter tries to talk to mother about child psychology | and behaviorism and about the pat- | tern of the child’s life being set by the time it is 3, mother simply sniffs | at such foolishness, and goes on spoil- ing the children and trusting to luck about how they will turn out. And talking to her isn't going to do any good. So there you are, and the problem remains unsolved. DOROTHY DIX. e I)EAR MISS DIX—My husband and I have been married six months and are quite happy except for one thing. My husband has two younger brothers, both grown, who make our home theirs. They come and go whenever they please, and especially at mealtime. They even come when | we are not at home and sit by the fire and play the radio. I don't think this is right, as my husband makes a very small salary. I tried to freeze them out by being very cool, but it made my husband mad and he said I was selfish and should be ashamed, but I feel I married him, not them. What should I do? MRS. W. H. Answer: Feeding two extra men does put a strain upon your budget when you have to count every penny So I think it is nothing but fair that you should tell the brothers that you cannot afford company, and that if they want to come to your home, they must compensate you in some way, either by paying for their meal or by bringing the food. There is no doubt that grafting relatives who find it cheaper to drop in for a meal on any- body who happens to be kin to them, rather than go to a hotel or restau- rant, are one of the great pests of life and one that is difficult to deal with. But they will eat you out of house and home if you give them the run of their teeth, and so you have to deal with them firmly. (Copyright. 1038.) , Exercise Diet, Rest Auburn Hair and Hazel Eyes Suggest Color Selection. BY LOIS LEEDS. Dear Miss Leeds—(1) I am a girl 15 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall and I weigh 100 pounds. How can I de- velop my bust and legs? (2) I have very straight light hair and a very bad complexion. What' colors in clothes should I wear? | TROUBLED. Answer—(1) The average weight for your age and height is 122 pounds. If you want to develop a lively figure, like Gloria Swanson's, for instance, you must build up your weight. First.| have a thorough physical examination by a doctor to see if vour thinness mav be due to some internal toxic condi- tion, digestive trouble, decaying teeth. diseased toncsils, etc. Health is. of course, the first requisite for good Jooks. Send a stamped (3-cent), self- addressed envelope to me and ask for my leaflet on “How to Gain Weight:” this gives suggestions on diet, rest and exercise that will help you. You will parts of your body without gaining weight all over. (2) Consider your skin tints in se- lecting colors for clothes. Ask for my leaflet, “Color Schemes and Costum- | ing” when you write again. As your | general health improves and you gain normal weight, I think your complex- jon will improve. When one’s complex- fon is not clear and unblemished, one should avoid wearing white and deli- | cate, pure colors. Heather mixtures, tweed effects and small prints are| less trying to such a complexion than plain shades. Dull, rough textured fabrics are more becoming than smooth, glossy ones, when the skin is not flawless. LOIS LEEDS. | Colors for Redheads. 1 Dear Miss Leeds—I have auburn hair, hazel eyes and a medium com- plexion. What colors in clothes and make-up would suit me? | (2)How shall I dress my hair? I have a round face, but my forehead | is not high. | (2) What kind of perfume would | you suggest for school? DOT. | Answer—Colors that harmonize with your hair are especially becoming.| They include bronze, copper, warm | brown, orange, rust, henna and rich yellows. You may also wear sheer black and navy, reseda, taupe, pastel, pinks with yellowish tinge, cream. plum color, palest lavender, blue- greens. Make-up for your type in- cludes & natural or light brunette powder, cherry or medium red rouge and lipstick, eye-shadow in green or brown, brown mascara. (2) Comb your hair straight back from your brow or else use a side part with the hair combed diagonally back. To make your face appear more slen- der, wear your hair over your ears and rather close to the sides of your head The back hair may be in a mass of ringlets. (3) It is better taste for a school girl not to use much perfume as such. | Just have all your toilet articles— talcum, cream, lotions—with the same fragrance and use the same in sachets in your bureau drawers. White rose and violet are nice scents for the ENDS THAT POWDERY 100K ) ) voung girl. A little of your favorite perfume in the last rinse water after vour shampoo will impart a delicate odor to your hair. LOIS LEEDS. Superfluous Hair. Mrs. F. G. and Mrs. J. B—For the temproray Temoval of superfluous hairs there are various depilatories in liquid, cream, powder and wax form; emery papers and razors are also used for the purpose. There are women who find each of these methods satisfactory in their own cases. There is & popular belief that all temporary methods such as these tend to increase the growth: this has not been proved. The new growth of course, seems coarser because the ends are not tapered. The growth also tends to in-rease at certain periods regard- lessof what has or has not been used on it. Bleaching is often the most practical method of handling the problem. Hairs can be removed per- manently, but it ic important to choose the right method and intrust the work to a really skilled operator. Consuit your family physician on these points before arranging to have the work done. The 0ld Gardener Says: Garden makers who want an abundance of flowers in the Autumn will make a point of setting out some of the new Korean chrysanthemums, which are on the market this season. ‘These low-growing mums have been developed from plants originally introduced from Korea and appear in a variety of colors. They start to bloom earlier than many of the so-called hardy chrysanthemums, and will stand frost uncommonly well. They are particularly useful for planting in masses, and are among the best additions to hardy peren- nials im recent years. ‘The Korean chrysanthemum itself has been mentioned before, but these hybrids are new. (Copyright. 1935.) EASIER TO USE AND FASTER HANDI-ROLLS FOR YOUR MONEY Clean pors ana pans, aluminum, enamel,Pyrex—101 household items. Free dish cloth for every 3 box tops. BIG ROLLS IN A BOX &t Grocery, Hareware sud Sc & 10¢ Stores e [